Madelyn felt as if her soul left her body. The hope which she regained with Erik's return as Werewolf Tyrant is now gone, while hatred for Captain filled in her. She became so mad, she could even go against authorities to murder him. She gripped her sword tightly. Selena was the only one who saw Madelyn doing this, shaking in rage. She held Madelyn's arm to prevent her from doing anything which she shouldn't do. On the other side, Captain was leaving when he was approached by one of his soldiers. They were talking in low voice that no one could understand what they were talking about.
Suddenly, everyone heard a groan. Captain quickly turned towards Erik. Everyone looked towards Erik. They all saw him standing with his eyes missing pupil. In quick fraction of a second, he transformed and headed towards Captain. Captain dodged instantly, but Erik didn't stop, he headed ahead, where soldiers were standing, where Madelyn was standing in shock, about what she saw.
Erik was about to attack the group when Captain threw his shuriken with explosives attached. It exploded in no time, making Erik unconscious.
"Parker! We found it." he said.
"What!?" Parker asked.
"Test subject for our Operation. He will be the one. Take him." Captain replied.
"But what if he attacks again?" Parker asked.
"I'll take care of him." Captain replied.
"But you know he's an Impostor right?" Commander asked.
"No he isn't." he replied.
"How can you say that?" Commander asked.
"Its simple. When he transformed, he fought the Cat Tyrant who was an Impostor. Why would an Impostor fight an Impostor if they both serve same purpose. Moreover, after killing the Cat Tyrant, he stopped, otherwise our soldiers were there. They would've been dead by now if he wanted. Plus, he had many chances to kill everyone, he didn't. So is this much enough?" Captain replied with a straight face.
"What if there's a plan or conspiracy behind it?" Commander asked.
"I am bringing him in, in my responsibility. We'll run some tests on him, and after that he'll join Spec Ops. If anywhere, anytime, he tries to do anything mischievous, this sword of mine will be the reason of his death. My promise." Captain replied.
"Alright then. We'll bring him in." Commander replied. With this line of Commander, Madelyn felt she regained her ability to breathe and live.
Everyone was then dismissed. Parker took Erik along with Captain and Spec Ops. Aaron, Jacob and Ciaran came in hurry to meet Madelyn and Selena.
"Madelyn! Madelyn! What happened? Is Erik alive? Is he freed?" Aaron asked in hurry.
"Yes. He's alive, just taken in by Captain." Selena replied.
"What?" Aaron asked.
Selena then told Aaron, Jacob and Ciaran the whole scenario, while Madelyn was down on her knees silently.
"At least he gets to live." Aaron replied with sigh of relief.
"We did it Aaron." Jacob said.
"What do you mean by "We"?" Selena asked.
"Well you see, when Erik was taken away, the news reached to us of the whole scenario." Jacob began, "Then Aaron derived that Erik can't be an Impostor. He tried to run, but he was still in pain, so we somehow helped him. Luckily, Captain was around. We approached him and Aaron explained everything to him. That's when he told he'll handle the situation."
"Oh thank God, because of you guys, Erik is alive." Selena sighed in relief.
"Alive, but what about the torment he'll live in." Madelyn began. "We all saw how he stabbed him in front of us. With Erik under his custody, I don't know what torment he will go under."
"Don't worry Madelyn, Captain may seem harmful and his ways may be cruel, but he always cares for his soldiers. Ciaran replied.
"How can you say so?" Madelyn asked.
"I saw him.
Flashback
"You may do whatever you want but you can't win. We Operation Squad will wipe you out." a random soldier cried, while being crushed in the palms of a Tyrant.
"I must save him." Ciaran said to himself and grappled near him.
Suddenly, a blast near the Tyrant's neck occurred. Ciaran stopped on a nearby building roof. He saw Madelyn and Jacob in the other direction.
"Got you!" Jacob cried, "Damn Madelyn, you should mind your surroundings a bit. You may hurt yourself."
"I am sorry." she replied. They both landed safely on ground.
"How did that explosion occur?" Madelyn asked.
"Let me see." Jacob answered and jumped over a tilted wall to get a better view.
"Ah! Captain and Spec Ops. I didn't expect they'd come. And they took care of that big Tyrant so quickly, Elites for a reason." Jacob exclaimed.
"So that was Spec Ops' doing? Damn!" Madelyn exclaimed.
"Oh so the blast was due to Spec Ops members, guess I was not needed here." Ciaran said to himself. He was about to leave when he saw the soldier lying on the ground and Captain and one of his soldiers near him.
"Captain! Its an honour for me that you came to save me." The soldier said with lot of struggle.
"Your wounds are so bad, I am sorry you are beyond aid." the Spec Ops soldier said.
"I know, I will die. But at least I could meet mine and my brother's hero." he replied.
"Brother's hero?" Captain asked.
"You may not know, but my brother and you were in same team during the war. When he returned, he told me about you. I was inspired by you and joined." he replied with lot struggle.
"You shouldn't speak much Soldier." Captain said kneeling down near him.
"Captain! Promise me." he said. "Promise me that you will end the Tyranny. Please Captain."
"I promise we will end the Tyranny. Your sacrifice isn't in vain. We will fight and we will against them. Tell the other dead soldiers there that their sacrifice isn't in vain. We will win, and that's my promise." Captain said holding the soldier's hand.
"Thank. You." soldier said before passing out.
That's what happened." Ciaran completed.
"I see." Selena said. Madelyn was silent.
One week later
"Erik Spencer A.K.A. Agent Lycan. When we begun our project, he couldn't transform unless hurt, or beaten. Though he had quick healing abilities. He can heal quickly, unless he's dead. Due to tests, we concluded he's a Tyrant Shifter, not an Impostor. He could be a valuable asset. Now he mastered his transformation and Captain Lionel added him in his Spec Ops team. He is a valuable asset of Operation Squad, and currently he's improving a lot. He can transform as many times as he wants, unless he's out of stamina." Parker said.
"Looks like Lionel made a right choice." Commander replied.
"I guess." Parker replied.
"Where is he now?" Commander asked.
"Lionel was being summoned by the General, may be for a task." Parker replied.
"I see. So we may need to deploy Spec Ops without him." Commander replied.
"Won't he be furious if we do so?" Parker asked.
"I'll ask him once in advance, then will send his team. We need to annihilate this S Ranked Tyrant, often termed as Archnoia." Commander said.
"I guess that should work." Parker said.
"Alright." Commander replied.